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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Coast Guard Service (10 Nov 2022)

Hildegarde Naughton: The Department of Transport provides an annual  grant to support the search and rescue activities of Mountain and Cave Rescue Teams and Community Inshore Rescue Boats, provided from the Irish Coast Guard budget. Under the national Search and Rescue (SAR) plan the Coast Guard is required to discharge Ireland’s obligations by implementing the SAR plan for all...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Regional Airports (10 Nov 2022)

Hildegarde Naughton: As the Deputy is aware the Regional Airports Programme provides Exchequer support to airports that deliver international connectivity and handle fewer than 1 million annual passengers. The primary aim of the Programme is to target funding, which is limited, at Ireland’s smallest airports so that they can maintain compliance in the areas of safety and security in line with EU rules on...

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages (9 Nov 2022)

Hildegarde Naughton: Amendments Nos. 1 and 2 are Government amendments which clarify that AirNav Ireland has a function in the provision of aeronautical rescue co-ordination. The purpose of technical amendments Nos. 1 and 2 is to make clear that AirNav Ireland would have the viresto provide aeronautical rescue co-ordination for search and rescue services as per annex 12 of the Convention on International Civil...

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages (9 Nov 2022)

Hildegarde Naughton: The IAA air navigation service provider, NSP, is responsible for the provision of aviation rescue co-ordination within Ireland's search and rescue region which is coincident with the Shannon flight information region. The IAA and NSP provide this service from the aviation rescue co-ordination centre, ARCC, in Shannon air traffic control centre, ATC, and the aviation rescue sub-centre in...

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages (9 Nov 2022)

Hildegarde Naughton: Amendments Nos. 3 and 4 are technical amendments relating to the vesting of AirNav Ireland. Amendment No. 3 to section 14(3) of the Bill clarifies that the functions conferred on AirNav Ireland by the Bill, which are currently functions of the IAA, will transfer to AirNav Ireland on vesting day and not on commencement of the Act. Amendment No. 4 deletes sections 19(2), 19(3) and 19(4) of...

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages (9 Nov 2022)

Hildegarde Naughton: The provisions replicated section 19 of the 1993 Act. This was originally when the IAA was being taken out of the Department of Transport. It was, I suppose, an error in the drafting. The valuation exercise is prior to the set-up of the vesting process between the IAA and AirNav Ireland. There is no intention that AirNav Ireland would have a debt to the Minister for Public Expenditure and...

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages (9 Nov 2022)

Hildegarde Naughton: Amendments Nos. 5 to 7, inclusive, are technical amendments developed in consultation with the Comptroller and Auditor General, which amend section 29 of the Bill, which deals with the accounts and audit of AirNav Ireland by removing references to balance sheets, profit and loss accounts and to cash flow statements. The purpose of these amendments is to reflect the changes that have occurred...

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages (9 Nov 2022)

Hildegarde Naughton: The Companies Act refers to balance sheets. However, there is also provision for the move to the term "statement of financial position" as provided for in accounting standards and as used in general in accounting practice. For example, section 274(1) of the Companies Act 2014 provides that: “balance sheet”, in relation to a company, means a statement of assets, liabilities...

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages (9 Nov 2022)

Hildegarde Naughton: Section 41 of the Bill provides that the proposed AirNav Ireland may charge for the functions performed by it pursuant to EU regulations listed in Schedule 1. Schedule 1 of the Bill lists 21 such regulations which relate to air navigation service provision and communications. Amendment No. 8 is a technical amendment which provides that the Minister may by order add or delete from the list...

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages (9 Nov 2022)

Hildegarde Naughton: On Committee Stage, I committed to giving further consideration to the points made by Senators regarding the frequency of the meetings of the stakeholder forum. Amendment No. 9 provides that the stakeholders forum will meet no less than twice per year.

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages (9 Nov 2022)

Hildegarde Naughton: Amendment No. 11 is a technical amendment which removes an unnecessary circular reference in the text of section 76.

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages (9 Nov 2022)

Hildegarde Naughton: It states that the consultation with stakeholders cannot commence until section 76 is commenced. It is basically a circular reference.

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages (9 Nov 2022)

Hildegarde Naughton: Amendment No. 11.

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages (9 Nov 2022)

Hildegarde Naughton: Amendments Nos. 12 and 13 aim to address some of the concerns raised by Senators in the context of requiring that the names of the organisations represented on the forum to be published on the IAA website and that the rules and procedures ensure a focused representative participation by organisations in the forum and, for the purposes of transparency, the publication of the minutes of the forum.

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages (9 Nov 2022)

Hildegarde Naughton: Amendment No. 14 is unnecessarily prescriptive. It is for the IAA to propose the chair of the forum, subject to consultation with the shareholders. There will be that consultation process as part of this.

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages (9 Nov 2022)

Hildegarde Naughton: As regards amendment No. 15, there is nothing in section 76 precluding the IAA from establishing subgroups of the aviation stakeholders forum to address specific issues and involving specific stakeholders. Indeed, the IAA is looking at the models of the European Union Aviation Safety Agency, EASA, stakeholder advisory board and the International Civil Aviation Organization, ICAO, panel...

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages (9 Nov 2022)

Hildegarde Naughton: The requirement in Irish law for crew peer support derives from EU Regulation 2018/1042. The regulation was developed in consultation with all stakeholders, including pilot representative bodies across Europe. The final regulation represents a consensual balance of the views of all stakeholders. The regulation came into effect in February 2021. The IAA is the competent authority in...

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages (9 Nov 2022)

Hildegarde Naughton: Yes.

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages (9 Nov 2022)

Hildegarde Naughton: I thank the Leas-Cathaoirleach for chairing the session. I thank the Senators for their contributions and the amendments they tabled, some of which will now be included in the Bill before it is returned to the Dáil. While we may not have agreed on all of the provisions in this Bill, we have worked constructively to reach a compromise on a number of provisions, including crew peer...

Seanad: Transport: Motion (9 Nov 2022)

Hildegarde Naughton: I thank the Senators for the opportunity to speak to the Seanad about the importance of public transport. I am taking this debate today on behalf of the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, who could not be here. I am confident we can all agree that it is essential that Government continues to invest in the public transport network, and that we are supportive of the Government's commitment towards...